Cortina v. Cortina

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that trial court erred in granting injunctive relief that was not requested by the parties
• a decree cannot be modified unless the issue of modification is presented in appropriate proceedings and the parties are given opportunity to be heard
• “It is fundamental that a judgment upon a matter entirely outside of the issues made by the pleadings cannot stand.”
• where ex-husband initiated a contempt proceeding against ex-wife for failure to allow visitation, trial judge did not have power to modify the support provisions of the final decree sua sponte
• a judgment upon a matter entirely outside of issues made by pleadings cannot stand

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Cited by

143 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kippy Corporation v. Colburn
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1965-06-30· cited 63×
• Shelby Mutual Ins. Co. of Shelby, Ohio v. Pearson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1970-05-20· cited 60×
• Ramagli Realty Co. v. Craver
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1960-06-08· cited 54×
• Teta v. Teta
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-07-16· cited 52×
• Smithwick v. Smithwick
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-03-22· cited 50×
• Fla. Power & Light Co. v. CANAL AUTHORITY, ETC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-11-24· cited 37×
• McEachin v. McEachin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-06-27· cited 34×
• Fox v. Haislett
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-09-17· cited 32×
• Giachetti v. Giachetti
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-06-30· cited 32×
• Dysart v. Hunt
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-22· cited 31×
• Long Term Managmt. v. Univ. Nursing Care
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-12· cited 31×
• Kranis v. Kranis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-05-20· cited 30×
• Barreiro v. Barreiro
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-11· cited 28×
• Hammond v. Hammond
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-14· cited 26×
• Strommen v. Strommen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-04-28· cited 26×
• Cooper v. Cooper
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-12-02· cited 25×
• Wagner v. Nottingham Associates
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-01-22· cited 23×
• Scheer v. Scheer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1961-08-31· cited 22×
• Fickle v. Adkins
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-02-10· cited 21×
• Hart v. Hart
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-10-31· cited 20×

Other cases named Cortina v. Cortina

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Cortina v. Cortina
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-12-19· cited 19×
• Cortina v. Cortina
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-11-13· cited 8×